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HORTICULTURE—FORESTS.
PRODUCTION
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DISTRIBUTION.
circumstances connected with the war. An entrance fee was charged on twelve days when
there was a band ; the number of visitors on such days fell from 26,862 to 17,527 and the
fees realized from Rs. 2,736 to Rs. 1,841. New plants were added to the collection by means
of purchase and exchange. Fifty-five animals and birds were presented, 20 were born in the
gardens, 48 were obtained by purchase together with a collection of wild ducks of various
species and 5 by exchange. Casualties numbered 67. The municipal budget grant for all
the gardens was Rs. 1,28,534, of which Rs. 1,17,385 were expended. Difficulty was again
experienced in obtaining competent ma/is or even ordinary coolies A term used to describe labourers from a number of Asian countries, now considered derogatory. for work in the gardens.
Shortage of water-supply was an additional difficulty.
2. These gardens are maintained at Poona by the Agri-Horticultural Society of Empress and Bund
Western India. The year was very unfavourable for garden work as the distribution of the Gardens, Poona,
rainfall was unsatisfactory and as there were no ante-monsoon showers to facilitate garden
work. The income of the Empress Gardens, including an opening balance of Rs. 1,143, was
Rs. 25,312 and the expenditure, including the Bund Garden deficit, was Rs. 23.534. The
closing balance was Rs. 1,778. The income from the sale of seeds was Rs. 6,686, from the
sale and hire of plants Rs. 8,284, from cut flowers Rs. 2,980, from fruit Rs. 1,062 and from
vegetables Rs. 483. The Bund Garden cost Rs. 1,971 to maintain, of which Rs. 1,141 were
raised by the sale of produce, etc., Rs. 100 were contributed by the Suburban Municipality
and the balance was paid out of the Empress Garden funds.
5.—Forests.
For details see the Annual Report on Forests for 1914-15 and tables under Forests printed in Part IV (b)
of the Statistics of British India.
1.—Northern Circle.
1. The area of reserved forest decreased by 224 acres and that of protected forest by 41 Area,
acres. This does not include the area of forest transferred from the Central to the Northern
Circle (North and South Nasik) and from the Northern to the Central Circle (Kolaba).* The
area of the circle as now constituted stood at 4,631 square miles 489 acres on 30th
June 1915.
2. The only work done under this head consisted of repairs to, and colouring of, the Boundaries,
existing cairns, which cost Rs. 2,378.
3. Ninety-eight coupes for 1915-16 and 432 for 1916-17 (advance), aggregating 33,722 Working plans,
acres, were laid out at a cost of Rs. 2,620.
4. Including the cases pending from the previous year, prosecutions numbered 255 as Forest offences,
against 243 in 1913-14. Out of the 232 cases decided by Magistrates 209 resulted in convic
tions and 23 in acquittals. The percentage of convictions was 90 as against 91 for the
previous year. The number of cases compounded was 4,245 and the compensation recovered
was Rs. 17,343. In 1,329 cases offenders were not detected. The number of cattle
impounded rose from 50,162 to 52,034.
5. The area successfully protected from fire was 2,026,606 acres. The cost of fire Forest fires,
protection was Rs. 23,923. The number of fires rose from 494 to 522 and the area burnt
from 30,528 acres to 52,770 acres.
6. The value of timber given free decreased from Rs. 14,596 to Rs. 12,391. Free grants.
» 7. The expenditure on plantations amounted to Rs. 5,042 as compared with Rs. 5,119 Plantations,
for the previous year.
8. The total outlay under this head fell from Rs 54 ) 33 1 f° R s - 48)870. Of this sum, Communications and
Rs. 21,323 were expended on roads, Rs. 26,407 on buildings and Rs. 1,140 on other works.
9. Revenue decreased from Rs. 17,45,03410 Rs. 15,68,776 and expenditure increased Financial results,
from Rs. 6,31,292 to Rs. 6,37,201, leaving a surplus of Rs. 9 , 31)575 as compared with
Rs. 11,13,742 for 1913-14.
2.—Central Circle.
1. Owing to redistribution referred to above the area of the Circle stood at 5)475 square Area,
miles at the close of the year as against 6,281 square miles at the commencement.
2. New cairns were erected along 223 miles of forest boundaries at a cost of Rs. 2,241, Boundaries,
and old cairns were repaired at a cost of Rs. 276. The existing boundary marks were white
washed or painted red to show open or closed areas, at a cost of Rs. 1,627.
3. In the East Khandesh Division three blocks (10 square miles 142 acres with interior Surveys,
details and 27 square miles 165 acres boundary surveys) were surveyed during the past field
season by No. 6 party of the Survey of India.
4. Working plans for the Satmala teak and mixed forests of the Chalisgaon range Working plans,
in the East Khandesh Division, the Casuarina plantations in the Alibag range of the Kolaba
Division and the anjan and scrub forests of the Dhulia and Pimpalner ranges of the, West
Khandesh Division were sanctioned by Government. A working plan for the sub-ghat and
As a result of this the figures for last year shown in this report will not tally with those shown in last year’s report.
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